Japan at the 2016 Asian Beach Games

Japan competed in the 2016 Asian Beach Games in Danang, Vietnam from September 24 to October 5, 2016. The delegation was bannered by 54 athletes.[1] Japan send their representatives in 7 sports including beach soccer, beach volleyball, beach handball, beach wrestling, vovinam, pétanque, and bodybuilding.[2]

Japan at the
2016 Asian Beach Games
IOC codeJPN
NOCJapanese Olympic Committee
Websitehttps://www.joc.or.jp
in Danang, Vietnam
September 24 (24-09) – October 5 (5-10)
Competitors54 in 7 sports
Medals
Ranked 25th
Gold
1
Silver
2
Bronze
7
Total
10
Asian Beach Games appearances

The Japanese beach soccer team won the gold medal,[3] being the Japanese team's only gold medal in this game.[4] Bodybuilding took home one silver and two bronze medals, followed by beach sambo which won one silver and one bronze. Beach wrestling won two bronze medals, while pétanque and vovinam bagged one bronze medal each.[5][6]


Medalists

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Competitors

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Beach soccer

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Result

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Team Event Group stage Quarter-finals Semi-finals Gold medal match
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Japan men's Men's tournament   Afghanistan
W 11–0
  China
W 7–2
1 Q   UAE
W 6–2
  Lebanon
W 6–5
  Oman
W 4–3
 

Team

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  Shingo Terukina
  Yusuke Kawai
  Shotaro Haraguchi
  Yuki Nakahara
  Naoya Matsuo
  Teruki Tabata
  Takaaki Oba
  Takuya Akaguma
  Takasuke Goto
  Ozu Moreira

Beach volleyball

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Men's tournament

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Team Event Group stage Quarter-finals Semi-finals Gold medal match
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Masato Kurasaka
Momota Shimada
Men's tournament   Al-Shereiqi/Al-Housni
L 13–21, 13-21
  Sukto/Khaolumtarn
W 21-19, 21-17
3 did not advance

Women's tournament

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Group Stage

Team Event Group stage
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Azusa Futami
Reika Murakami
Women's tournament   Tang/Wang
L 22-20, 13-21, 10-15
  Lakmini/
Weerasinghe
W 21–16, 21–13
  Numwong/
Naraphornrapat
L 17–21, 8–21
  Gorre/Arocha
W 21-13, 21-5
  Tứ/
W 21–16, 18–21, 15–11
3 Q

Knockout Stage

Team Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Gold medal match Rank
Azusa Futami
Reika Murakami
  Ratnasari/Eka
W 19-21, 21-18, 15–8
  Mashkova/
Tsimbalova
L 15-21, 14-15
did not advance

Pétanque

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1. Shooting
Haruki Kato

2. Singles
Takayuki Watabe

3. Doubles
Hiroshi Katata
Yoshihiro Noda

Women

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1. Shooting
Keiko Katata

2. Singles
Ayumi Goma  

3. Doubles
Akemi Kinoshita
Rieko Ujihara

Vovinam

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Athlete Event Score Rank
Yoshimi Sadamatsu Dragon-tiger form 261  

References

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  1. ^ 第5回アジアビーチゲームズ. Japanese Olympic Committee (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  2. ^ 日本代表選手団. Japanese Olympic Committee (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  3. ^ アジアビーチゲームズ ビーチサッカー日本代表、延長戦を制し初の金メダル獲得!. Japan Football Association (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  4. ^ Noriko Nagano (2016-10-25). 【祝 アジアビーチゲームズ初優勝 スペシャル対談】ビーチサッカー日本代表 茂怜羅オズ×後藤崇介「ビーチサッカー日本代表 出場全選手が大会を振り返る!」. Soccer King (in Japanese). Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  5. ^ 貞松慶美(日本ボビナム協会)が銅メダル〜第5回アジアビーチゲームズ. Vovinam Association (in Japanese). Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  6. ^ 日本選手団結果 10月1日. Vovinam Association (in Japanese). Retrieved 25 March 2022.